The Texas Motorplex is fast in October, and even with the warmer temperatures this past weekend, the \u201cStampede of Speed\u201d did not disappoint.<\/p>\n
The top sixteen qualified cars in Top Alcohol Dragster would be the fastest-qualified field in NHRA National Event History. Every team in the record-breaking field knew they would have to be at their best every round to walk away with the cowboy hat on Sunday.<\/p>\n
As It Happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n Kirk Wolf in the Kentex Roofing Backed Car was outstanding in Q1 and throughout the race. Wolf and the Dubbin Motorsports Team earned the No. 7 position in the record-breaking field, creating a first-round matchup with the tough supercharged methanol-burning car driven by Joey Severance.<\/p>\n The round one race was over early when Severance was unable to get his car to move as the light went green. Wolf was straight and fast with another 5.27 second ET.. to collect the win.<\/p>\n In round two Wolf was matched with Matt Cummings in the \u201cMcPhillips Green Car\u201d. Cummings would leave first and get the win over Wolf, with both drivers cutting good lights and both cars running very well in the contest.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a good weekend for us,\u201d said Kirk Wolf. \u201cWe were fast every round, and competitive against the top teams. We just ran into a really fast McPhillips car in the second round, where Matt (Cummings) did a great job. We dropped a hole late in the run and this time of year you have to be running on all eight to beat those guys. But, we ran in the 20\u2019s every time down the track this weekend. That is not easy to do at any track, and it shows you how good this car is \u2013 and how good this team is.<\/p>\n Car owner Dean Dubbin was also upbeat about the weekend. \u201cEven though we lost in the second round, this was one of our best weekends of the year. Everyone did great. We had a solid car all weekend, and I think we have turned the corner on our clutch issues. We were dropping holes down track and that\u2019s something we haven\u2019t delt with much this year. But, the car was clean off the line every run and that\u2019s something we can build on for Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n Dubbin concluded, \u201cThis time of year all these cars are fast. This team has worked very hard to make this car fast and keep it consistent. It\u2019s fun for everyone when that hard work pays off. We\u2019re in a good place right now, and we\u2019ll be ready for Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n By The Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n Q1: 5.252 @275.68 mph \u2013 Qualified #2 R1:<\/p>\n Kirk Wolf (win) (RT .064) 5.270 276.62 mph R2:<\/p>\n Matt Cummings (win) (RT .032) 5.229 280.30 mph Next Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n Kirk Wolf and the Dubbin Motorsports, Kentex Roofing Backed, A\/Fuel team will have two weeks off before returning to action in Las Vegas at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals \u2013 October 31 \u2013 November 3rd.<\/p>\n This story was originally published on October 16, 2024. <\/p>\n The post Kirk Wolf Shows Strength At Texas, Shifts Focus To Las Vegas<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Texas Motorplex is fast in October, and even with the warmer temperatures this past weekend, the \u201cStampede of Speed\u201d did not disappoint. The top sixteen qualified cars in Top Alcohol Dragster would be the fastest-qualified field in NHRA National Event History. Every team in the record-breaking field knew they would have to be at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Q2: 5.256 @274.71 mph \u2013 Other cars improved \u2013 Now Qualified #5
Q3: 5.293 @273.97 mph \u2013 Other Cars Improved \u2013 Now Qualified #7<\/p>\n
Joey Severance \u2013 Broke<\/p>\n
Kirk Wolf (RT .078) 5.289 270.79 mph<\/p>\n